Fantahun Elbat Birrara is searching for his brother Melkamu, known to the community and famiy as Negusu. He is been to every office in Addis Ababa and has even left Ethiopia in search of Melkamu. Melkamu is the only living family left for Fantahun and he is desperate to find him. Fantahun Elbat Birrara and Melkamu (male adopted child) are brothers who lost both parents to death. They become separated when their mother died, and Melkamu was adopted to France. Fantahun has been looking for him since he was 12 years old and Melkamu was 4. Melkamu was born in 1996 and adopted to France in 2001 at age 4. His adoptive parent my be named Jerone Amoute.

ለማደጎ( ጉዲፈቻ) ስለተሰጠው ልጅዎ ተጨማሪ መረጃ( ህጻኑ(ኗ) ሊያስታውሳቸው የሚችሉ ሌሎች ሰወች፣ ህጻኑ(ኗ) ሰውነት ላይ ያለ ጠባሳ፣ የማሪያም ስመት(ሽታ)፣ የአካል ጉዳት፣ የቀዶ ህክምና፣ ልዮ መገላጫዎች ወዘተ) / Additional information about the adopted child (other people the child may remember, scars, birthmarks, disabilities, etc.) In both of his eyes there are white dots (marks) on the black (apple of the eyes). The skin around his pubic area was paler than his other skin. Its cause was that he was burnt with hot tea while he was drinking.

ስለ ጉዲፈቻ ቤተሰቦች መረጃ (የጉዲፈቻ ቤተሰቦቹ ስም፣ ስለቤተሰቡ የሚያውቁት ማንኛውም አይነት ነገር) / Give information about adoptive family They were from France and the AP name is like Jerone Amoute or something like this.

የኃላ መረጃ ወይም ቀድመ ታርክ / Background information or story Fantahun and Melkamu lost thier father early in age . What they knew about him was that he was dead. They were living in the hospital the last year of their mother’s life, since she was severely sick (cancer). After their mom’s death, Fantahun and Melkamu went to an Orphanage (Hawaryaw Paulos – Apostle Paul) children’s center but they could not accept Melkamu. Fantahun went to the Hospital manager’s office and shared the problem. The manager told him to leave the boy with Mertnesh / Mertea who was a helper in the office. Melkamu stayed with Mertnesh for 4 days and then was taken to Addis. Because Fentahun was 12 years old, he had no say on the decision of the adoption and no way to keep his brother with him. However, he tried his best to know every information about Melkamu’s situation. He learned Melkamu was known by their grandfather’s name – Melkamu Birrara – and Fantahun had kept his father’s name Elebat. After Fantahun grew up he went to Addis to different offices and after many hardships was able to find where his only brother went – France. He was adopted by Jerone or Jerome Amoute.